Halloween is right around the corner. I had made plans to dress up as a serial killer, but I haven't bought my costume yet. I've been wisely using my time to study for my midterms...
Not really, I've been on Netflix this entire time trying to finish season 4 of Glee, and well, I'm almost there, I can gladly say—but I have not advanced on studying for my midterm. Procrastination! I just wish I could put one of those smiling emojis here so you guys could understand my pain.
However. Halloween. This is the perfect time to invite your friends over and try to scare them with your powerful assortment of scary movies—but if The Conjuring is part of your list, discard it. That movie wasn't good. (At least in my opinion.)
So, as a fanatic of horror movies, I decided to offer my horrorical—if that's even a word—knowledge of the horror world. Now, these movies are the ones I can say actually made me jump and stay up at night, or because they're so good I can't even spell their names for how excited I get. Probably you've heard some of them, probably you haven't, but enjoy them!
1. Evil Dead (2013)
Synopsis: Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods.
This was the least gruesome GIF that I could find from the movie unless you would've wanted to see the gif of this girl (not of the girl above) being locked in the cellar and possessed. It was quite the image, let me say.
When I saw this movie with my dad in the middle of the afternoon, I was shaken to my bones. I remember it as a Sunday after church, and I was praying to God to not let any of those demons ever posses me.
Evil Dead balances a fine line between gruesome and horror. It pretty much has every aspect every movie about a demonic possession should have—a cabin in the woods, a book with markings that should be found horrifying instead of appealing, and messages saying to not mess with the book. The movie grasps you from the beginning, opening with this girl running through a forest as if she was running for her life, like if she was being the victim of some satanic cult—only to find out that she is also possessed.
2. Insidious (2010)
I believed that the Insidious franchise was going to open newly, unexplored realms (haha, get my pun?) of the horror world. The first Insidious movie, is by far, my favorite one of the entire franchise, and I feel like the movies have been downgrading in their...horror factor.
Insidious had me gripping the edges of the chair when I saw it. When I first saw the face of the Red-Faced demon, my heart leaped out of my chest. It was a fresh movie. I couldn't decipher what was going to happen afterward. Instead of wondering what was going to happen, I wondered if Dalton was going to make it out alive or if this demon would end up possessing him entirely. But, as the movie reaches its end, offering a satisfactory ending, we see that things are not as they seem, thus building a bridge for a sequel.
3. Planet Terror (2007)
There's nothing much I have to say about this movie, but kick-ass female characters fighting in a zombie apocalypse with guns and their sex-appeal? A wanna-be stand-up comedian who loses her leg and instead is modified with a gun as a leg? Um, can we just buy Domino's and watch it???
4. Scream (1996)
Wes Craven is a master at horror films, and I believe Scream is one of his best masterpieces. Since the movie old-school, it doesn't disappoint if you are into the slasher genre with serial killers, where you can trust nobody because anybody could be the killer—unless they die, of course. BUT in this movie, you learn that the killer can come back alive.
If you like classics, Scream should be at the top of your Must-Watch List of horror movies for this Halloween.
5. Silent Hill (2006)
Synopsis: A woman, Rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill.
Haunted towns reign on the hierarchy of the horror genre, especially when the entity haunting a town is a little girl with a huge thirst for revenge and a companion that came from God knows where with a gigantic knife.
Silent Hill can blow your mind, taking unexpected twists and turns as Rose goes to this gloomy, ash-covered town in search of her missing daughter. I don't know what to say about this movie, except if you want to sleep, don't watch it.
Now, these movies are just a few of my favorites. If I wasn't on a time-shortage, I probably would've added five more. However, watching any of these could be a great excuse while you hold on tightly to your significant love while you are shivering in fear!
